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Joanna Kolasinski, PhD
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
Paleolab / Rosenheim group
140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL 33705
United States of America
Tel : (+) 504-234-9307 Email: [email protected]
Positions and Experiences
April 2013
- present
Post-doctoral researcher: "Projection of the Deepwater Horizon spill in deep
sediments and the water column in the water column using isotopic tracers". Tulane
University (May-December 2013) and University of South Florida, College of
Marine Science (January 2014-present).
11/2012
Expert, International Atomic Energy Agency: “Application of Stable Isotopes
and Trace Elements as Tracers of Biogeochemical Change in the Marine
Environment” training course (40 participants, Asia and Pacific countries).
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21-30th November 2012.
2011 2012
Post-doctoral researcher, (Agulhas Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem
programme (ASCLME)), IsoEnvironmental Lab., Rhodes University (SouthAfrica): “Productivity, diversity and biomass of the south-western Indian Ocean
Mozambique Channel ecosystem: investigating the role of mesoscale eddies in
promoting the pelagic production”.
Responsibilities: primary production (experimentation design and sample analyses),
collaboration implementation, report, workshop and publication preparation.
01-02/2010
Associate researcher, GEOSCIENCES, University of Reunion (France).
Leader of the project “Distribution, partitioning and fluxes of carbon and nitrogen in
shoreline communities in an oligotrophic setting: quantifying the importance of
terrestrial production (Les Glorieuses Island, Eparses Islands, SW Indian Ocean).”
Responsibilities: fieldwork, sample collection and analysis.
2008 2009
Teaching assistant, University of Reunion (France).
Responsibilities: Genetic (62 hours, BSc), Microbiology (36 hours, BSc), Tropical
Ecology (20 hours, MSc), Molecular Biology (16 hours, BSc)
Education
12/2009
PhD, Marine Ecology, University of Reunion (France), ECOMAR Laboratory
Speciality: Stable isotope ecology
« Assessment of benthic foodweb in an urbanized coral reef environment, Reunion
Island, Indian Ocean»
Direction: Dr Patrick Frouin, Prof. Henrich Bruggemann
Referees: Pr Brian Fry, Pr Matthieu Lecorre, Dr Karyne Rogers, Dr Laurent Chavaud
2005
MSc, Ecotoxicology, (2nd year), University of Metz (France)
Speciality: Pollution biomarkers in aquatic organisms
Thesis: «Impact of holothurians (Echinodermata) foraging activity on
microphytobenthic communities and toxicity biomarker (AChE and EROD activities)
evaluation in a tropical coral reef (Reunion Island, Indian Ocean)»
2004
MSc, Populations and Ecosystems (1st year), University of Quebec at Rimouski
(Quebec, Canada)
Speciality: Molecular biology
Thesis: «Identification of discriminatory molecular tools (COI) and genetic
variability in the genus Gammarus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the St-Lawrence
estuarine coast (Quebec, Canada)»
2003
BSc «Organisms and Populations Biology», University of Reunion (France)
Scientific competencies
Isotope mass spectrometry: preparation and analysis of samples for C, N, S stable
isotopes analysis: sediment and water particulate organic matter, animal and vegetal
tissues (muscle, liver, blood, feather), artificially enriched C and N samples. Samples
preparation for compound-specific stable isotopes analysis (i.e. nitrates).
Ion beam analysis: sample preparation for trace elements determination (Cu, Fe, Zn,…)
in 3MV accelerator.
Spectrophotometry, fluorimetry: chlorophyll/phaeopigments (sediment, water column),
toxicological enzymatic activities (EROD, AChE).
Molecular ecology: gel electrophoresis, polymerization chain reaction (PCR).
Fieldwork: benthos/fish surveys and sampling (air-lift system, speargun & nets, sediment
cores…), oceanographic cruises (nutrients, phytoplankton, zooplankton)
Taxonomy: coral reef marine invertebrates, macroalgae (partial)
Statistics/Software: Statistica, Primer, R, ANCREPRO, Ocean DataView
Journal referee for Marine Ecology Progress Series, Rapid Communication in Mass
Spectrometry, Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Ecology, Aquaculture, Marine and
Freshwater Research, International Journal of Marine Science
Publications
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Kohler S.A., Connan M., Kolasinski J., McQuaid C.D., Cherel Y., Jaquemet S. 2014. Minimal
sex-related trophic segregation in a sexually dimorphic shorebird, the African Black
Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) revealed by stable isotope analyses. Austral Ecology
doi:10.1111/aec.12117
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Pendergraft M.A., Dincer Z., Sericano J.L., Wade T., Kolasinski, J. and Rosenheim B.E. 2013.
Linking ramped pyrolysis isotope data to oil content through PAH analysis. Environmental
Research Letters 8 044038 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044038
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Nahon S., Richoux N., Kolasinski J., Desmalades M., Ferrier Pages C., Lecellier G., Planes S.,
Berteaux Lecellier V. Spatial and temporal variations in stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen
(δ15N) isotopic composition of symbiotic scleractinian corals. 2013. Plos One doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0081247
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Mablouké C., Kolasinski J., Potier M., Cuvillier A., Bigot L., Frouin P., Jaquemet S. 2013.
Feeding habits and food partitioning between three commercial fish associated to artificial
reefs in a tropical coastal environment. African Journal of Marine Science, 35(3):323-334.
- Kolasinski J., Jaquemet S., Kaehler S. 2012. Distribution and sources of particulate organic
matter in a dipole of mesoscale eddies in the Mozambique Channel (south-western Indian
Ocean): insight from C and N stable isotopes. Journal of Marine System, 96:122-131.
doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.02.015
- Kolasinski J., Rogers K., Cuet P., Barry B. & Frouin P. 2011. Sources of particulate organic
matter at the ecosystem scale in a tropical coral reef: a stable isotope and trace element
approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 443:77-93.
- Kolasinski J., Taddei D., Cuet P. & Frouin P. 2010. AChE and EROD activities in two
echinoderms, Holothuria leucospilota and Holoturia atra (Holothuroidea), in a coral reef
(Reunion Island, South-western Indian Ocean). Journal of Environmental and Health Science,
Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engeneering, 45:1-10.
- Kolasinski J., Frouin P., Sallon A., Rogers K., Bruggemann H.J. & Potier M. 2009. Feeding
ecology and ontogenetic dietary shift of yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
(Mullidae) at Reunion Island, SW Indian Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 386:181195.
- Kolasinski J., Rogers K. & Frouin P. 2008. Effects of acidification on carbon and stable
isotopes of benthic macrofauna from a tropical coral reef. Rapid Communication in Mass
Spectrometry, 22:2955-2960.
Submitted publications
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Taddei D., Cuet P. Kolasinski J., Clavier J. & Frouin P. Benthic fluxes of inorganic carbon in
coral fringing reef sediments (Reunion Island). Journal of Sea Research. In revision
Publications in preparation
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Kolasinski J., Nahon S., Rogers K., Frouin P., Fry B. Benthic trophic network in a tropical
coral reef (Reunion Island, SW Indian Ocean): An assessment based on stable carbon and
nitrogen isotopes analysis.
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Chauvin A., Cuet P., Lechevrel S., Maitrejean M., Mangion P., Kolasinski J., Guillaume
M.M.M., Bruggemann H. Spatio-temporal variations of light-harvesting capacity of the coral
Acropora muricata under nitrogen-enriched groundwater discharge.
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Kolasinski J., Ternon, J.F., Hill J., Lehmann M., Kaehler S. Primary production patterns across
a dipole of mesoscale eddies in the Mozambique Channel (south-western Indian Ocean):
insight from in situ experimentation using artificially enriched C and N stable isotopes.
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Kolasinski J., Bigot L., Bourmaud M.F., Nicolini E., Join J.L. Distribution, partitioning and
fluxes of carbon and nitrogen in shoreline communities in an oligotrophic setting: quantifying
the importance of terrestrial production (Glorioso Islands, SW Indian Ocean).
Conference Presentations
- Rosenheim B and Kolasinski J. 2014 (oral). Did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill leave a trace ?
Meeting of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the
Environment, Hollywood, USA.
- Kolasinski J. and Rosenheim B 2013 (oral). Projection of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the
water column and deep sediments: an update on the Progress in recognizing characteristics of
and change caused by hydrocarbons in the environment. Meeting of the Consortium for
Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment, Miami, USA.
- Frouin P., Bigot L., Coclet C., Muylaert M., Gelin P., Broche B. ,Kolasinski J. 2013 Ecosystem
assessment using soft-bottom communities : lessons from coral reefs in Reunion. The 8th
Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Assosiaction (WIOMSA),
Maputo, Mozambique.
- Rosenheim B and Kolasinski J. 2013 (oral). Projection of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the
water column and deep sediments: Progress in recognizing characteristics of and change caused
by hydrocarbons in the environment. Meeting of the Consortium for Advanced Research on
Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment, Miami, USA.
- Nahon S., Richoux N., Kolasinski J., Desmalades M., Berteaux Lecellier V., Planes S. 2012
(poster). Effect of environmental parameters on scleractinian corals’ nutrition: a stable isotope
study in French Polynesia Islands. The 7th International Conference on Applications of Stable
Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Brest, France.
- Kolasinski J., Bigot L., Rogers K., Frouin P. 2012 (oral). Impact of natural and anthropogenic
perturbations on the benthic compartment functioning. The 12th Internationnal Coral Reef
Symposium, Cairns, Australia.
- Kolasinski J., Ternon J.F., Jaquemet S., Hill J., Kaehler S. 2011 (oral). Biogeochemical process
governing primary production in oceanographic mesoscale features (Mozambique Channel,
Indian Ocean). The 7th Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science
Assosiaction (WIOMSA), Mombasa, Kenya.
- Mablouké C., Potin G., Potier M., Kolasinski J., Bigot L., Frouin P., Jaquemet S. 2011 (oral).
Using stable isotopes to elucidate the effect of artificial reefs on the feeding habit of coastal fish :
A case study from Reunion Island. The 7th Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean
Marine Science Assosiaction (WIOMSA), Mombasa, Kenya.
- Kolasinski J., Bigot L., Bourmaud C.A.F., Nicolini E., Chabanet P. 2011 (poster). Sources and
transfer of organic matter in macrobenthic communities from Glorioso Islands (Mozambique
Channel). The 7th Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science
Assosiaction (WIOMSA), Mombasa, Kenya.
- Mablouké C., Cuvillier A., Jaquemet S., Kolasinski J., Bigot L., Frouin P. & Potier M. 2011
(oral). Use of 13C/12C and 15N/14N isotopes ratios to characterize trophic webs associated to
artificial reefs: a case study from Reunion Island. 49th Estuarine and Coastal Sciences
Association (ECSA) Internationnal Conference et le 14th South African Marine Science
Symposium (SAMSS) Grahamstown, South Africa.
- Kolasinski J., Rogers K., Leung J.K.L. & Frouin P. 2009 (oral). Food web structure of the
benthic communities at the La Saline reef (Reunion Island): a stable isotope analysis. The 6th
Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Assosiaction (WIOMSA),
Reunion Island, France.
- Jaquemet S., Guyomard D., Pinault M., Bigot L., Bourmaud M.F., Evariste E., Frouin P.,
Kolasinski J., Quod J.P., Tessier E. 2009 (poster). Artificial reefs as a tool to supply artisanal
fisheries in Reunion Island: Implementation and scientific evaluation. The 6th Scientific
Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Assosiaction (WIOMSA), Reunion
Island, France.
- Kolasinski J., Rogers K. & Frouin P. 2008 (oral). Detecting anthropogenic contamination in
coral reefs using stable isotopes of holothurians. The 6th International Conference on
Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Frouin P., Kolasinski J., Potier M., Rogers K. & Sallon A. 2008 (poster). Dietary investigations
of Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichtys flavolineatus) using stable isotopes. The 6th International
Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Honolulu,
Hawaii, USA.
- Kolasinski J., Rogers K. & Frouin P. 2008 (poster). Using isotopes in tropical macrofauna: is
sample acidification required? The 6th International Conference on Applications of Stable
Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Kolasinski J. & Frouin P. 2007 (oral). Toxicity biomarkers responses in holothurians (Reunion
Island, Indian Ocean). The 5th Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science
Assosiaction (WIOMSA), Durban, South Africa.
- Frouin P., Conand C., Burgos A., Hollinger C. & Kolasinski J. 2007 (poster). Spatial patterns of
holothurian populations in a shallow reefs in Reunion Island. The 5th Scientific Symposium of the
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Assosiaction (WIOMSA), Durban, South Africa.
Current collaborative studies
- Tracing the transfer of terrestrial elements to the marine environment and evaluation of land
uses impacts in a high volcanic island (Reunion Island). Cuet P., Frouin P., Kolasinski J.,
Nicolini E., Rogers K.
- Biodiversity of seagrass beds in the SW Indian Ocean (Mayotte, Reunion, Madagascar). Frouin
P., Bigot L., de la Torre Castro M., Chabannet P., Kolasinski J., Taddei D., Pothin K.
- Evaluation of artificial reefs as tools for marine habitat rehabilitation (benthic colonization and
fish production). Jaquemet S., Guyomard D., Pinault M., Bigot L., Bourmaud M.F., Frouin P.,
Kolasinski J., Quod J.P., Tessier E.
Teaching activity
2013 Tulane University (USA): Introductory Oceanography, Animals of the benthic
Environments
2012 International Atomic Energy Agency: Coastal ecosystems, Continental shelf
ecosystems, Global Change and Coastal Tracers, Experimental design in Coastal
Ecosystems, Practical Issues with Stable Isotopes Analyses, Field work (lagoon, costal
cruise) and laboratory demonstrations
2008- Université de La Réunion (France): Tropical Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetic,
2009 Microbiology (teaching assistant, 96 h)